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Education
• MS, 2020, Food and Nutrition Policies and Programming,
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
• BS, 2015, Public Health, Community Behavior Change, North Carolina Central University
Research Interests
• Integrating sustainability into food access, small holder farmer models, pollinator health and agroecology
Research Highlights
Silver RE, Korpusik M, Taylor SF, Das SK, Gilhooly CH, Glass J, Roberts SB (2019). Testing the validity of a natural spoken language application for the self-monitoring of daily dietary intake. American Society of Nutrition. Baltimore, Maryland (Poster Presentation).
Taylor SF, Silver R, Franceschini MA, Muentener P, De Sa AB, Co R, Sonco A, Bale C, Salesman E, Roberts SB (2019). Evaluation of a novel nutrition supplement on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in young children living in rural villages in Guinea-Bissau. American Society of Nutrition. Baltimore, Maryland (Poster Presentation).
Publications:
- Roberts SB, Franceschini MA, Taylor SF, Silver RE, Krauss A, De Sa AB, Có R, Sonco A, Taetzsch A, Webb P, Das S, Chen CY, Rogers BL, Saltzman E, Lin PY, Schlossman N, Pruzensky W, Balé C, Chui KH, Muentener P. (In submission). Nutrition supplementation and cognitive function in undernourished children.
- Roberts SB, Das SK, Suen VMM, Pihlajamäki J, Kuriyan R, Steiner-Asiedu M, Taetzsch A, Anderson AK, Silver RE, Barger K, Krauss A, Karhunen L, Zhang X, Hambly C, Schwab U, Melo ATT, Fassini PG, Taylor SF, Economos C, Kurpad AV, Speakman JR (2018). Measured energy content of frequently purchased restaurant meals: multi-country cross sectional study. British Medical Journal, 363:k4864. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4864
- Roberts SB, Franceschini MA, Krauss A, Lin PY, De Sa AB, Có R, Taylor S, Brown C, Chen O, Johnson EJ, Pruzensky W, Schlossman N, Balé C, Wu KC, Saltzman E, Muentener P (2017). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a new supplementary food designed to enhance cognitive performance during prevention and treatment of malnutrition in childhood. Current Developments in Nutrition, 1(11). doi: 10.3945/cdn.117.000885
Presentations:
- Taylor SF, Silver R, Franceschini MA, Muentener P, De Sa AB, Co R, Sonco A, Bale C, Salesman E, Roberts SB (2019). Evaluation of a novel nutrition supplement on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow in young children living in rural villages in Guinea-Bissau. American Society of Nutrition. Baltimore, Maryland (Oral Presentation).
- Korpusik M, Taylor SF, Das S, Gilhooly C, Roberts SB, Glass J. (2019). A Food Logging System for iOS with Natural Spoken Language Meal Descriptions. American Society of Nutrition. Baltimore, Maryland (Poster Presentation).
- Franceschini MA, Lin PY, Có R, Dacona C, Taylor S, Hagen K, Farzam P, Krauss A, Farzam P, De Sa AB, Roberts SB (2017). NIRS-DCS to assess cognitive performances improvements with treatment of malnutrition in rural Africa children. Mexican Symposium on Near Infared Spectroscopy Neuroimaging (MexNIRS). Mexico City, Mexico (Oral Presentation).
- Taetzsch AG, Hennessy E, Taylor E, Maliki A, Rao D, Ng L, Krauss A, Wolfgang A, Fleming A, Das S, Economos C, Roberts SB (2017). Pilot Study on Influencing Healthy Food Acceptance in Young Children Through Play-Based Activities and Food Exposures. Experimental Biology. Chicago, Illinois (Poster Presentation).
- Research Technician, Tufts University - Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA. January 2016 - Present
- Summer Intern, Food and Agriculture Organization - Codex Alimentarius, Rome, Italy. June - August 2019
- Co-Leader, Food Justice League, Friedman School - Tufts University, August 2019
- Co-Organizer, Tufts Analytics Without Borders conference, Tufts University, August 2019
- Co-Organizer and facilitator, Breaking the Silence: Weight Bias and Health, Tufts University, March 2019
- Tufts Distinction Award, Tufts University, 2017